In a statement, Stephane Lannoy, RTS Managing Director, Asia Pacific, said, “We are very pleased to provide our Japanese and international clients with the ability to trade this key Asian marketplace for listed commodity derivatives. We’ve experienced significant growth in Asia over the past six months as we’ve built further on our connectivity portfolio in the region. Our innovative low latency trading solutions enable members of the Japanese and Asian trading communities to easily access TOCOM and other exchanges in the region, and offer firms all over the world high-speed access to Asian markets.”

Added Tadashi Ezaki, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, “We are committed to establishing ourselves as the primary commodity exchange in Asia. Through technology providers such as RTS, we are able to attract the international trading communities that are already deploying the firm’s advanced technology.”